MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION BY THE COMMITTEE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN A DIGITAL AGE
Recent advances in AI systems in Medicine and Healthcare present extraordinary opportunities in many areas of social interest together with significant questions and drawbacks, calling for a close consideration of their implementation. What stance and/or steps should the EU take in the near-future applications of AI in this particular sector?
Submitted by: Yutaro Yamamoto, Thomas Otter, Sinead de Visser, Marcus van Strien, Nida Abraitytė (Chairperson, LT)
The European Youth Parliament aims to promote the exploitation of artificial intelligence (AI) to its fullest potential in healthcare, while taking into account the risks associated with it. It seeks to use scientific knowledge to create a flexible and all inclusive framework that prevents biases and discrimination. It also wants to promote development in the field to bring benefits to the society at large and make Europe a world pioneer in AI regulation
because
- The lack of anonymisation and privacy in the processing of biometric data could make the general public lose trust in AI,
- AI algorithms are said to have built-in biases and stereotypes,
- Less than half of companies that adopt the AI technology are aware of and compliant to the new regulations, including the Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA)1the most recent set of regulations, proposed by the European Commission, that outline the most important principles and rules for a trustworthy AI development and application, including the healthcare sector.,
- 2022 is a rather short deadline for companies and healthcare institutions to adapt to the regulations contained within the AIA,
- The current approach is too geographically fragmented and different legal frameworks regulating AI and data in healthcare pose barriers to the realisation of AI’s potential,
- The EU is home to only six of the top hundred startups worldwide,
- There are no official regulatory guidelines concerning the data used in the training of AI in healthcare.
Therefore, the European Youth Parliament,
- Calls upon Member States to urge AI developers to make patients’ data as anonymous as possible to prevent possible discrimination;
- Requests the European Commission to create guidelines on the data that is used to train the AI in healthcare;
- Directs the European Commission to aid AI companies through programmes such as the Digital Europe Programme in implementing AIA regulations by providing funding and expertise;
- Requests Member States to ensure that AI developers make the process of developing and training AI more transparent in order to reduce citizens’ unwillingness to provide access to their healthcare data that is to be processed by AI;
- Urges Member States to provide means to exchange best practices on AIA adoption;
- Calls upon Member States to allocate more funds to the development of AI, in order to boost the development and the uptake of AI technology in healthcare;
- Asks the European Commision to cooperate with EUROCHAMBRES in informing European companies on existing and future AI regulations including the AIA regulations.